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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The Protagonist a.k.a. the Main Male Character

These are previous posts that have been dusted off, updated, and
freshly presented to an audience that’s never seen them. These limited posts
originate from the companion blogs I’ve written for the first two installments
of the Eternal Curse Series (40 Days and Nights of Eternal Curse & EC:
Battleground a Survival Guide).

Who
is Giovanni?…Well he’s just the answer to all of Mira’s dreams and possibly to
key to a whole other world that we humans are too busy to see.

In
the beginning, Giovanni is a somber character with a constant cloud of
self-hatred and doubt lingering over him. To say his has self-image issues is
an understatement, but you can’t really blame him. He is six and half feet tall
with gray skin. Yes, I said gray, not pale or pasty, but gray. His eyes and
nails are black and his hands and feet are unusually large. No wonder he keeps
himself hidden away from other people. Oh and he’s allergic to sunlight…but
wait…. he’s not a vampire. Sunburns come to Giovanni, like moths to a flame.
Sunlight doesn’t kill him, but enough of anything that burns, can eventually.

Giovanni
has enough trouble trying to blend into a world he really doesn’t fit in, but
it only makes matters worse that he doesn’t know how to relate to people. It’s
almost like he doesn’t know how to be “normal”. On top of all his physical and
social issues, Giovanni is also plagued with nightmares, nightmares so real
that sometimes they spill over into reality. Considering that, you can
understand why he tends to be sleep deprived and moody. Needless to say,
Giovanni is not a very positive or optimistic person.

There
are two things, however, that make his life worth living and that’s the feeling
of being needed by his friend Abraham, whom he takes care of, and gardening.
When Giovanni first met Abraham, it was he who took care of Giovanni, but now
that Abraham is up in age, Giovanni’s sole purpose in life is to take care of
Abraham and keep him alive. When he’s not taking care of Abraham, Giovanni is
working on the acres of land he lives on, which are covered in gardens and
orchards.

Giovanni
also has a few other quirks that make getting along with him difficult and
exciting all at the same time. Giovanni is very strong and never gets sick. He
even has some psychic and telepathic abilities. The most amazing thing that
happens to Giovanni in the story, is the gradual transformation he goes through
to become a completely different being. Yeah, I know, he transforms…It sound a
little kooky, but it isn’t, especially when he learns what he’s turning into
and then decides what to do with it.

Giovanni,
throughout the book, works on and deals with his hot temper and lack of
compassion until he is able to show Mira that he can be loved. The only
question that remains is- will she love him?

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